TEACH Grant

The Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) Grant Program provides grants of
up to $2,000 per semester to students who intend to teach in a public or private elementary or secondary school that serves students from low-income families. Student
eligibility for the TEACH Grant will be based on academic standing, major, and course requirements.

Please note: Due to the current federal government sequester TEACH grant disbursements made after March 1, 2013 and prior to October 1, 2013 will be reduced by 6.0%. The prorated amounts are listed below.

*Note that financial aid resources must not exceed the cost of attendance, so receiving a TEACH Grant may reduce the recipients eligibility for other sources of financial aid.

Eligibility

You must be enrolled in an eligible major/program at Grand Valley. Students who are declared as such are sent application information prior to each semester.

Undergraduate Students:

Complete the FAFSA

Meet all eligibility requirements for federal aid

Be working on their first bachelor's degree

Have earned credit for ED200 prior to January 2010 or

Have completed ED315 or EDF315 (ED315/EDF315 is an upper level course. Students must have 24 credits earned before it may be taken.)

Have a cumulative GPA of at least 3.25 or have scored above the 75th percentile on a college entrance exam*

Be pursuing a TEACH Grant eligible major

Graduate Students:

Complete the FAFSA

Meet all eligibility requirements for federal aid

Be pursuing an eligible master's degree in education

Have a cumulative GPA of at least 3.25 (or cumulative undergraduate GPA of at least 3.25 if you do not have a graduate GPA) OR

Have scored above the 75th percentile on a college entrance exam OR

Have previously worked in a high need field and be pursuing a master's degree that would enable them to teach OR

Be currently or previously employed as an elementary or secondary school teacher

*If you do not have a 3.25 cumulative GPA or higher you can provide proof of a score higher than the 75th percentile on a subscore of a college entrance exam to the Financial Aid Office.

GVSU Eligible Programs

Elementary Teaching Majors:

Mathematics (elementary concentration)

Integrated Science

Elementary certified teachers can teach all subjects, grades K-5 or Major subject areas, grades 6-8. In order to fulfill the TEACH Grant service agreement, teachers would need to teach in the major subject at least 51% of the time.

Secondary Teaching Majors:

Secondary certification allows the candidate to teach in these major subject areas, grades 6-12.

Classics

French

German

Latin

Spanish

Biology

Chemistry

Earth Science

Mathematics

Physics

Computer Science

*All areas must have a secondary education emphasis or a second major of education.

Special Education

Psychology-Special Education emphasis

Comprehensive Science and Arts for Teaching with second major of Special Education

Master's Degrees:

M.Ed. in Instruction and Curriculum: Emphasis in Early Childhood Education-ZS